Alceste Bettencourt

Alceste Bettencourt (died August 1794) was a French farmer from Versailles who was murdered during the French Revolution.

Biography
Alceste Bettencourt was a farmer from the town of Versailles, located north of Paris, and was one of the Third Estate citizens of the First French Republic. In August 1794, Alceste was stabbed by two criminals in an alleyway in the Recollets district of Versailles, as the men believed that he was a counter-revolutionary. Arno Dorian proceeded to avenge him by slaying both of his killers.